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Throwback Thursday: Olly Olsen and The Snake Run

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February 28, 2013

/ H Man

Year back, we’re talking like seven years or more Olly told me about this snake run that existed up in the hills of Blaydon in Gateshead. Back in 2006-7 time there was a lot less riders, google maps was something that wasn’t used day in day out and the top down view of places were coloured blobs on a small CRT monitor.. This was street knowledge, it may have even been Mexican John knowledge as he was the keeper of a lot of street spots, him and Olly would go out on missions to find these random, amazing places that were off the track. Anyways roll on 2007 and Olly and I decided we’d go for a long ride up a very long hill to find this place and it was a mission of rolling up and down streets looking for some signals or local kids you could ask. After a little while we finally got wind of a location, kind of like up this street, find an alley with green railings, next to a big field and you’ll find it but it’s kinda dug in the ground a little so it won’t be obvious.. great directions haha, we found it though and we sessioned the shit out of it for about two hours. It only really consisted of 2 routes and was over in about 15 seconds but it was bloody awesome to find somewhere like this in a city full of rails, ledges and stairs with hardly any transitions.

Here’s a sweet pic that we got from that day, Olly getting his table on, nice and clicked. Shot on the Nikon D70 (one of the best digital cameras I ever owned).

G33K: iso 100 | 10.5mm | f7.1 | 1/320th

G33K: iso 100 | 10.5mm | f7.1 | 1/320th

Throwback Thursdays / Blaydon, Gateshead, Olly Olsen, Throwback Thursday / 1 Comment

Hibernation

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January 20, 2013

/ Pete

If you have used the windows or external doors of your house lately then you may have noticed that it has been snowing. Not ideal BMX/ skating weather (unless you want to catch the mother of all colds like I have) but fortunately we have quite a few indoor parks in the area now! The new set up at Redcar is completely finished with 6 separate areas, 4 of which are shown in the picture below. There’s a great rhythm section, a bowl which I haven’t ridden but am reliably informed is ace, a street type area in the middle with your usual obstacles and a really fun street line along the bottom of the picture. It was absolutely heaving when I went up there the other week for BMX night but it still worked great because the separate sections mean that you aren’t constantly crossing over other lines. There’s also a couple of kiddy areas that kept the NSF senior squad entertained when the adrenaline levels got too high in the main park… we’ve all got to be up up for work these days and you don’t want to be kept awake reliving your epic Rubenesque transfers across the bowl to the vert all night.

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The build at Dynamix is coming along great too. The stuff near the front door is all finished now and makes for a really fun area, with a curved wall ride and a really nice flat ledge. The bowl is coming along very well too and there’s plenty of stuff lying around in the concrete amphitheatre to construct a really fun set up that’s different every time you go (more parks should do this… light, movable obstacles that can be reconfigured so that it never gets old). If you’re ‘foaming’ at the mouth to go upside down then neck a couple of energy drinks and make the ascent up Mt. Foamiyama. When you reach the summit you will be greeted by one of the best foam pits around, with wallrides on the side. There’s a resi ramp as well for once you’ve got the moves into the foam. However, all this stuff is nothing compared to the plans that are afoot (see below). Some of the stuff looks a bit on the big side to me but I hurt when I get up and I’m not sending it like I used to! They love feedback so let them know what you think about the plans over at the Dynamix Facebook page. If all this stuff goes ahead then we’ll have a world class skatepark on our doorsteps.

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Last but definitely not least Override skatepark in South Shields is coming along from what I hear… No pictures just yet but the plans look amazing.. a simple park layout with something for everyone!

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An indoor skatepark is for life, not just for winter so make sure you visit both these parks through the summer too!

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